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2022


Adv Gerontol


35


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[Rheumatic polymyalgia is a rarely diagnosed, but often occurring disease in elderly patients.]

Authors

Kunitskaya NA, Kantemirova RK, Kozina LS
Adv Gerontol. 2022; 35(1):140-145.
PMID: 35522120.

Abstract

Verification of the diagnosis of rheumatic polymyalgia at the reception of a general practitioner, geriatrician presents significant difficulties due to the lack of pathognomonic signs of the disease. The «calling card» of the disease is a combination of severe pain in the proximal muscle groups in combination with a high acute inflammatory response.